How to Use This Guide
The OER Repository allows you to search major university repositories for English and Japanese OER materials. This guide book shows how to use the features to find materials quickly.
What You’ll Find Inside:
1. About This Guide
2. How to Use This Guide
3. Acknowledgements
4. OER Internationally
5. OER in Japan
6. Overview of the OER Repository
7. Information Sources
8. Getting Started
9. Searching for OER
10. Using Search Fields and Filters
11, Understanding the Results
12. Guidelines for OER Providers
13. Additional Resources
Technical requirements: This eBook (or webbook) works best in the most recent versions of Chrome or Firefox. If you experience difficulties, check your browser version and update. Internet Explorer and other legacy browsers may not display properly.
On this page, you’ll find a quick overview of the tools and features built into the book: what they are, how they work, and how they can help you succeed. Whether you’re reading on a laptop, tablet, or phone, these features are here to make your learning experience smoother, more engaging, and more effective.
Searching
If using the online webbook, you can use the search bar in the top right corner to search the entire book for a key word or phrase. To search a specific chapter, open that chapter and use your browser’s search feature by hitting [Ctrl] + [F] on your keyboard if using a Windows computer or [Command] + [F] if using a Mac computer.
The [Ctrl] + [F] and [Command] + [F] keys will also allow you to search a PDF, HTML, EPUB, and MOBI files if you are reading them on a computer.
If using an eBook app to read this textbook, the app should have a built-in search tool
Alternative Formats
In addition to the web version, this book is available in as a PDF, or EPUB (for eReaders) through a download on the front page. If you decide to use a PDF or a print copy to access the guide, you can access the webbook and download any other formats at any time.
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This book links to a number of external website. For those using a print copy of this resource, the full URL will appear in brackets after each link,
Adapted from For Students: How to Access and Use this Textbook by Chad Flinn and Mark Overgaard, licensed under CC-BY.
